Match of the Day: Dean Malenko vs Ultimate Dragon (Starrcade 1996)

The opener for the PPV in front of a hot crowd, which had just the right amount of balance and excitement was a joy to behold. Like a lot of “great” matches, it perhaps overdid the false finishes a bit, and WCW could be criticised not for the first time in 1996 of putting a semi-regular over a mainstay of the division, but Dragon over Malenko takes a de…